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Valentin Dimov
Valentin Ivanov Dimov ( bg, Валентин Иванов Димов, born 12 March 1989) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. On 8 March 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 621 whilst his best doubles ranking was 694 on 24 August 2009. He is the current captain of the Bulgarian Davis Cup team since 2022.https://www.tenniskafe.com/balgarski-tenis/valentin-dimov-e-noviyat-kapitan-na-balgariya-za-kupa-dejvis/ Year-end rankings Challenger and Futures Finals Singles: 1 (1–0) Doubles: 7 (0–7) Davis Cup Valentin Dimov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2009. Since then he has 5 nominations with 3 ties played, his singles W/L record is 0–2 and doubles W/L record is 0–1 (0–3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliven
Sliven ( bg, Сливен ) is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. Sliven is famous for its heroic Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Turks in the 19th century and is known as the "City of the 100 Voyvodi", a Voyvoda being a leader of Haiduts. The famous rocky massif Sinite Kamani (Сините камъни, "The Blue Rocks") and the associated national park, the fresh air and the mineral springs offer diverse opportunities for leisure and tourism. Investors are exploring the opportunity to use the famous local wind (Bora) for the production of electricity. Another point of interest and a major symbol of the city as featured on the coat of arms, is the more than thousand-year-old Stariyat Briast (Старият Бряст, "The Old Elm"), a huge Smooth-leaved Elm in the center of the city. During Ottoman rule, Turkish officials used to hang Bulgarian revolutionaries on it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andis Juška
Andis Juška (born 22 May 1985) is a Latvian tennis coach and former player. He is a coach of American player Amanda Anisimova, and former coach of Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina. In addition, Andis has worked with Latvian tennis player Jeļena Ostapenko. In addition to coaching individual players, in 2008 uska was the captain of Latvian team for Billie Jean King Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan .... Juška's career-high singles ranking is world number 226, achieved in October 2009. For several years, he has been the second-highest ATP-ranked Latvian tennis player. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Juška reached as high as no. 43 in the junior world singles rankings in 2002 (and no. 15 in doubles). He competed in the main draw of the Australian Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... competition in 2009. In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Participating teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Draw *, , , and relegated to Group III in 2010. * and promoted to Group I in 2010 First round matches Georgia vs. Lithuania Slovenia vs. Egypt Latvia vs. Moldova Hungary vs. Bulgaria Denmark vs. Finland Montenegro vs. Monaco Ireland vs. Algeria Cyprus vs. Portugal Play-offs Georgia vs. Egypt Moldova vs. Hungary Denmark vs. Montenegro Algeria vs. Portugal Second round matches Lithuania vs. Slovenia Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria Davis Cup Team
The Bulgaria men's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. In the 2023 edition of the tournament Bulgaria defeated New Zealand in the World Group I Play-offs. With that win the team qualified for the World Group I for the first time in the team's history History Bulgaria made their Davis Cup debut in 1964. Their best performances came in the mid-1980s when they reached the Europe/Africa Zone Group I semifinals in two consecutive years - 1986 and 1987. Current team ''Player information and rankings '' The following players were called up for the World Group I Play-offs tie against New Zealand in February 2023. ;Recent callups Recent performances Here is the list of all match-ups since 1981, when the competition started being held in the current World Group format. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markos Kalovelonis
Markos Kalovelonis ( gr, Μάρκος Καλοβελώνης, ; born 18 May 1994) is a Greek-Russian tennis player. Kalovelonis has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 445 achieved on 16 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 187 achieved on 20 June 2022. Kalovelonis has won 21 ITF doubles titles. Kalovelonis has represented Greece at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... where he has a W/L record of 6–5. He also represented Greece in the ATP Cup in 2020 and 2021. Kalovelonis is the son of former Greek tennis player, George Kalovelonis and Russian Karina Nazarenko. In 2014, Kalovelonis decided to represent Russia instead of Greece. In 2019, Kalovelonis switched back to represent Greece. He is fluent in Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandros Jakupovic
Alexandros Jakupović ( el, Αλέξανδρος Γιακούποβιτς, Aléxandros Giakoupovits, , , ; born December 14, 1981) is a Greek former tennis player who was banned for life in November 2015 by the Tennis Integrity Unit. He is the son of a Bosniak father and a Greek mother. Career His career high ATP singles rank is 464, which he achieved on March 9, 2009. As of November 4, 2013, on the futures level in singles, he has 37 quarter-final losses, 21 semi-final losses, 8 runners-up and 3 titles. As for doubles on the futures level, he has been far more successful. He has 31 semifinal exits, 31 runners-up and 23 titles. On the challenger level in doubles, he has 2 semi-finals, in July 2008 in Rimini, Italy, with Spaniard, Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and in April 2009 in Athens, Greece with fellow Greek Konstantinos Economidis. He has 2 challenger doubles finals in April 2008 in Athens, Greece with his compatriot, Konstantinos Economidis and in May 2012 in Athens, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinko Halachev
Dinko Halachev ( bg, Динко Халачев, born 22 October 1984) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. On 24 May 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 857 whilst his best doubles ranking was 512 on 30 December 2013. Known associate of Keith Tarter. Year-end rankings Challenger and Futures Finals Doubles: 13 (2–11) Davis Cup Dinko Halachev debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team in 2014. Since then he has 2 nominations with 1 tie played, his singles W/L record is 0–1 and doubles W/L record is 0–0 (0–1 overall). Singles (0–1) *RPO = Relegation Play–off References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Halachev, Dinko Bulgarian male tennis players 1984 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippiada
Filippiada ( el, Φιλιππιάδα) is a small town and a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ziros, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 142.409 km2. It has a population of 8,106 (2011 census). Geography The town of Filippiada is situated at the foot of low hills on the right bank of the river Louros. The northern part of the municipal unit is mountainous. Filippiada is northwest of Arta, northeast of Preveza and south of Ioannina. The Greek National Road 5 (Antirrio - Agrinio - Arta - Ioannina) passes through the town, and the Greek National Road 21 connects it with Preveza. History The area of Filippiada has been inhabited since at least the 8th and 7th centuries BC. The ancient cities of Charadron (Χάραδρον) and Bouchetion (on which the medieval Byzantine castle of Rogoi was built) were located here. There are many sites s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Sergeyev
Ivan Sergeyev (born 22 January 1988) is a retired professional Ukrainian tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ... who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 147 in August 2010. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 21 (11–10) Doubles: 12 (7–5) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sergeyev, Ivan Ukrainian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Dnipro Living people 1988 births Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 54 on 15 August 2022. He has reached two doubles ATP finals partnering Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi both in 2022. He represented Ukraine until December 2013. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. Nedovyesov has reached 17 career singles finals, posting a record of 9 wins and 8 losses which includes 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, posting a record of 35 wins and 22 losses which includes 22 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career 2004–2005: World No. 33 in Juniors As a junior, Nedovyesov had a singles win–loss record of 29–16. His best showing at a junior grand slam tournament in singles was reaching the second round in both the 2004 French Open and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov ( bg, Димитър Кузманов, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis at age of six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
